rhythmbox can't play mms radio

[wei]

Binary package hint: rhythmbox

I can't play mms radio in rhythmbox. But mplayer and Amarok work well.

OS: Kubuntu 9.04

wayne@Wayne-laptop:~/tmp$ uname -a
Linux Wayne-laptop 2.6.28-11-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 17 01:57:59 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux

wayne@Wayne-laptop:~$ dpkg-query --show rhythmbox
rhythmbox0.12.0-0ubuntu4

wayne@Wayne-laptop:~$ rhythmbox
Could not read packet header: Success
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/rhythmbox/plugins/artdisplay/__init__.py", line 371, in playing_entry_changed
    self.set_entry(entry)
  File "/usr/lib/rhythmbox/plugins/artdisplay/__init__.py", line 383, in set_entry
    self.art_db.get_pixbuf(db, entry, self.on_get_pixbuf_completed)
  File "/usr/lib/rhythmbox/plugins/artdisplay/CoverArtDatabase.py", line 168, in get_pixbuf
    rb.Coroutine (self.image_search, db, st_album, st_artist, entry, callback).begin ()
  File "/usr/lib/rhythmbox/plugins/rb/Coroutine.py", line 57, in begin
    self._resume ()
  File "/usr/lib/rhythmbox/plugins/rb/Coroutine.py", line 46, in _resume
    self._continuation.next ()
  File "/usr/lib/rhythmbox/plugins/artdisplay/CoverArtDatabase.py", line 192, in image_search
    engine.search (db, entry, plexer.send ())
  File "/usr/lib/rhythmbox/plugins/artdisplay/LocalCoverArtSearchGIO.py", line 85, in search
    enumfiles = parent.enumerate_children(attributes="standard::fast-content-type,access::can-read,standard::name")
gio.Error: The specified location is not supported

[wei (futurewayne)]

I forgot the mms links.
mms://live.cri.cn/oldies
mms://union.impsat.net.ve/Mega

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please answer these questions:

 * Is this reproducible?
 * If so, what specific steps should we take to recreate this bug?
 * Could you add an example to the bug?

 This will help us to find and resolve the problem.

[wei (futurewayne)]

Yes, it can be reproduced.

[Steps]
- run rhythmbox in terminal
- add mms link in "Music -> New Internet Radio Station", in my case, input "mms://live.cri.cn/oldies/"
  The link will appear in the Radio window.
- double-click on the newly added mms link
  The error messages are displayed on the terminal. No sound.

The gstreamer libs installed in my Kubuntu:
wayne@Wayne-laptop:~$ dpkg-query -l gstreamer*
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Cfg-files/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-=================================-=================================-==================================================================================
un gstreamer-codec-install <none> (no description available)
ii gstreamer0.10-alsa 0.10.22-5 GStreamer plugin for ALSA
un gstreamer0.10-audiosink <none> (no description available)
un gstreamer0.10-audiosource <none> (no description available)
ii gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg 0.10.6.2-1ubuntu2 FFmpeg plugin for GStreamer
un gstreamer0.10-fluendo-mp3 <none> (no description available)
un gstreamer0.10-fluendo-mpegdemux <none> (no description available)
un gstreamer0.10-fluendo-mpegmux <none> (no description available)
ii gstreamer0.10-gnomevfs 0.10.22-5 GStreamer plugin for GnomeVFS
un gstreamer0.10-pitfdll <none> (no description available)
un gstreamer0.10-plugins <none> (no description available)
ii gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad 0.10.11-2ubuntu1 GStreamer plugins from the "bad" set
ii gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multive 0.10.11-0ubuntu1 GStreamer plugins from the "bad" set (Multiverse Variant)
ii gstreamer0.10-plugins-base 0.10.22-5 GStreamer plugins from the "base" set
ii gstreamer0.10-plugins-base-apps 0.10.22-5 GStreamer helper programs from the "base" set
un gstreamer0.10-plugins-farsight <none> (no description available)
ii gstreamer0.10-plugins-good 0.10.14-1 GStreamer plugins from the "good" set
un gstreamer0.10-plugins-good-doc <none> (no description available)
un gstreamer0.10-plugins-really-bad <none> (no description available)
ii gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly 0.10.10.2-1build1 GStreamer plugins from the "ugly" set
ii gstreamer0.10-pulseaudio 0.10.14-1 GStreamer plugin for PulseAudio
ii gstreamer0.10-schroedinger 1.0.5-1 GStreamer plugin for encoding/decoding of Dirac video streams
ii gstreamer0.10-tools ...

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Confirmed, same issue here, will look upstream, thanks for reporting wei.

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

I've sent this upstream at: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=581885

[Asem (the1asem)]

I can confirm this bug
i cant get this link for example to run
mmsh://shared.streamwebtown.com/TwestoDOTcomANDNogoomFMblog7692?MSWMExt=.asf
but it play in firefox normally using totem
in terminal i get this error
gio.Error: The specified location is not supported

[ugm6hr (ugm6hr)]

On the default Rhythmbox on Jaunty (0.12.0), mms streams do play:
e.g. mms://st.malargal.com/shyamradio

The upstream developer report confirms this is a network issue - perhaps proxy associated?
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=867650

[Dominic Lemire (dominic-lemire)]

Not sure what codec mplayer was using (and how to force rhythmbox to use it), but installing gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad satisfied rhythmbox (Ubuntu 9.10)

[lymz (dragos-neagu)]

I'm writing to confirm. I installed the gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad package and it worked. It's dependency libmms0 by itself didn't seem to do it; there must be some other dependencies that make this work. I'm running 9.10.

[Damien Wendlinger (d-wendlinger)]

I'm also experiencing this behavior (ubuntu 9.10), but with a singular thing :
When launching Rhythmbox, if I try to read 'http://network.absoluteradio.co.uk/core/audio/ogg/live.pls?service=vcbb', it will
work. Then, if I try to listen to 'mms://stream.mosaiquefm.net/mosaique64k' it DOES work. Then, with 'mms://vipmms9.yacast.net/encoderrireetchansons', I get an error with 'Impossible de démarrer le pipeline de lecture', and then NO OTHER media (eg 1st tried web-radio, nor an mp3 song) works, unless I quit Rhythmbox and restart it.

packages installed (with 'gstreamer' and 'mms' filters in Synaptic) :
libmms0
mimms
gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg
phonon-backend-gstreamer
gstreamer0.10-fluendo-mp3
gstreamer0.10-pitfdll
gstreamer0.10-tools
gstreamer0.10-nice
gstreamer0.10-pulseaudio
gstreamer0.10-alsa
gstreamer0.10-plugins-base
gstreamer0.10-plugins-base
gstreamer0.10-plugins-good
gstreamer0.10-x
gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse
gstreamer0.10-plugins-base-apps
gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly
gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly
bluez-gstreamer
gnome-codec-install
libgstreamer0.10-0
libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0
gnome-app-install
totem-gstreamer
libgnome-media0
libgnome-media0
ubuntu-restricted-extras
totem
pulseaudio

hope this helps !

[wei (futurewayne)]

Mplayer can play the following mms link,
mms://stream.mosaiquefm.net/mosaique64k
but Rhythmbox can't.

The connection info from mplayer might be useful.
As you can see, mplayer can't make the connection through the mms port 1755,
but the port 80 works.

***LOG***
weichen$ mplayer mms://stream.mosaiquefm.net/mosaique64k
MPlayer UNKNOWN-4.4.1 (C) 2000-2009 MPlayer Team
mplayer: could not connect to socket
mplayer: No such file or directory
Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote
control.

Playing mms://stream.mosaiquefm.net/mosaique64k.
STREAM_ASF, URL: mms://stream.mosaiquefm.net/mosaique64k
Resolving stream.mosaiquefm.net for AF_INET6...
Couldn't resolve name for AF_INET6: stream.mosaiquefm.net
Resolving stream.mosaiquefm.net for AF_INET...
Connecting to server stream.mosaiquefm.net[193.95.93.146]: 1755...
connect error: Connection refused
Resolving stream.mosaiquefm.net for AF_INET6...
Couldn't resolve name for AF_INET6: stream.mosaiquefm.net
Resolving stream.mosaiquefm.net for AF_INET...
Connecting to server stream.mosaiquefm.net[193.95.93.146]: 80...
Resolving stream.mosaiquefm.net for AF_INET6...
Couldn't resolve name for AF_INET6: stream.mosaiquefm.net
Resolving stream.mosaiquefm.net for AF_INET...
Connecting to server stream.mosaiquefm.net[193.95.93.146]: 80...
Cache size set to 64 KBytes
Cache fill: 0.00% (0 bytes)

2009/11/9 Damien Wendlinger <email address hidden>

> I'm also experiencing this behavior (ubuntu 9.10), but with a singular
> thing :
> When launching Rhythmbox, if I try to read '
> http://network.absoluteradio.co.uk/core/audio/ogg/live.pls?service=vcbb',
> it will
> work. Then, if I try to listen to 'mms://stream.mosaiquefm.net/mosaique64k'
> it DOES work. Then, with 'mms://vipmms9.yacast.net/encoderrireetchansons',
> I get an error with 'Impossible de démarrer le pipeline de lecture', and
> then NO OTHER media (eg 1st tried web-radio, nor an mp3 song) works, unless
> I quit Rhythmbox and restart it.
>
> packages installed (with 'gstreamer' and 'mms' filters in Synaptic) :
> libmms0
> mimms
> gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg
> phonon-backend-gstreamer
> gstreamer0.10-fluendo-mp3
> gstreamer0.10-pitfdll
> gstreamer0.10-tools
> gstreamer0.10-nice
> gstreamer0.10-pulseaudio
> gstreamer0.10-alsa
> gstreamer0.10-plugins-base
> gstreamer0.10-plugins-base
> gstreamer0.10-plugins-good
> gstreamer0.10-x
> gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse
> gstreamer0.10-plugins-base-apps
> gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly
> gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly
> bluez-gstreamer
> gnome-codec-install
> libgstreamer0.10-0
> libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0
> gnome-app-install
> totem-gstreamer
> libgnome-media0
> libgnome-media0
> ubuntu-restricted-extras
> totem
> pulseaudio
>
> hope this helps !
>
> --
> rhythmbox can't play mms radio
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/370860
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> Status in The Rhythmbox Music Management Application: New
> Status in “rhythmbox” package in Ubuntu: Triaged
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: rhythmbox
>
> I can't play mms radio in rhythmbox. But mplayer and Amarok work well.
>
> OS: Kubuntu 9.04
>
> wayne@Wayne-la...

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Hello folks, there's no need to re re re confirm the issue, the status of the report is Triaged and it was sent upstream already, you can click on the "Does this bug affect you? " link but adding more and more comments for just saying me too or re confirm an already confirmed report doesn't make too much sense and only create more bug mail to read, thanks.

[GuyR (guy-rouger)]

mms://st.malargal.com/shyamradio
mms://stream.mosaiquefm.net/mosaique64k

are ok for me in Rhythmbox 0.12.5. with plugins Gstreamer good, bad, ugly, ffmeg, fluendo installed.
Karmic Loala 09.10 Kernel Linux 2.6.31.15 generic Gnome 2.28.1

but nok with Yacast mms streaming

[Alex (jelly)]

I have a different message from rhythmbox for this bug:

0:00:06.906781146 5486 0x126ac30 ERROR mmssrc gstmms.c:445:gst_mms_start:<source> Could not connect to this stream, redirecting to rtsp

I also get the "pipeline" error message from Rhythmbox in frontend.

[O.C. (othmane-chniber)]

By installing some of the packages listed below Totem become able to play this streams:

mms://wms-trn-all.streaming.net.nz/trn-newstalk-zb-akl
mms://ac1.streaming.net.nz/tvworks-radiolive

But Rhythmbox 0.12.5 still not able to play them.

Is there any way to tell Rhythbox to use codecs from other application (as VLC or Totem) ?

[Robert Ancell (robert-ancell)]

As a workaround you can try entering the streams as rtsp URIs, e.g.
rtsp://wms-trn-all.streaming.net.nz/trn-newstalk-zb-akl

The given streams are actually RTSP streams, the MMS handler detects this and indicates to Rhythmbox that it should treat them as RTSP but RB does not handle this message (Totem does). Working on a patch for it.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

the bug has been fixed upstream now

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package rhythmbox - 0.12.8git20100622-0ubuntu1

---------------
rhythmbox (0.12.8git20100622-0ubuntu1) maverick; urgency=low

  * New git version:
    - deal with gstreamer redirect, fix mms stream issues (lp: #370860)
    - fix installation path for 256x256 app icon (lp: #595950)
    - use gtkinfobar which fixes some theming issues (lp: #535490)
 -- Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden> Tue, 22 Jun 2010 12:12:10 +0200

[Gabe Menvielle (soundpro69)]

My particular issue with the mms://fm967.telecomdatacenter.com.ar/fm967 stream was resolved by substituting "mms" with "http". It is a workaround and it is not the one above. (changing to "rtsp" did not work). This solved it in my particular case. Thank you!
Gabe.